Kotaro Daigo
Biography
Kotaro Daigo, born September 1 2000 in Tokyo, Japan, is a male actor who works under the stage name 醍醐虎汰朗. He is represented by the talent agency A‑Light and is credited with thirty‑five acting roles. In 2019, Daigo auditioned for Makoto Shinkai’s feature‑length animated film Weathering with You and was chosen from roughly two thousand candidates to voice the protagonist Hodaka Morishima. The following year he received the New Actor Award at the 14th Voice Actor Awards, recognizing his emerging contributions to voice performance. His professional profile lists acting as his primary occupation.
Career overview
Kotaro Daigo, born on September 1, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan, is a male actor who works under the stage name 醍醐虎汰朗. He is represented by the talent agency A‑Light and has accumulated a total of thirty‑five credited roles across film and television, as recorded in his professional profile. Daigo’s early career includes a notable achievement in 2019 when he was chosen from a pool of two thousand auditioning performers to voice the lead character Hodaka Morishima in the feature‑length animated film Weathering with You, directed by Makoto Shinkai.
The following year, Daigo’s emerging talent was recognized with the New Actor Award at the 14th Voice Actor Awards, underscoring his rapid rise within the Japanese voice‑acting community. His body of work, listed under both his given name and variations such as Kotarō Daigo and Daigo Kotarou, reflects a growing presence in the industry, with a focus on acting roles that span a range of media formats.
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- Blizzard Chase (2026) as 波川 省吾
- Match Monde (2026) as Tokura Mikio
- Re/Member: The Last Night (2025) as Shota Uranishi
- Love Begins in the World of If (2025) as Akito Kano
- Romantic Killer (2025)
- No Matter What, I Love You (2025) as Akira Nezuhara
- Hyper Projection Play "Haikyuu!!" The Dumpster Battle (2025) as Shōyō Hinata
- Maybe I Can Hear Love (2023) as Sota Asakura
- Ciguatera (2023) as Yusuke Ogino
- OUT (2023) as Atsushi Tanzawa
- Spirited Away: Live on Stage (2023) as 白龍
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Summer Special (2023)
- Detective of Joshidaikoji (2023) as Hironaka Daika
- Soar High! (2022) as Yoshida Taisei
- Re/Member (2022) as Shota Uranishi
- The Brightest Roof in the Universe (2022) as Makoto Sasagawa
- A Bouquet for the Baseball Club (2022)
- Hyper Projection Play "Haikyuu!!" The Strongest Challengers (2021) as Shōyō Hinata
- Hyper Projection Play "Haikyū!!" A View From The Top 2 (2021) as Shōyō Hinata
- The Sun Stands Still (2021) as David Kim
- 未来世紀SHIBUYA (2021) Actor's Assistant
- The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood (2021)
- Redder Than Yesterday, Bluer Than Tomorrow: Cinema Fighters Project (2021)
- Shibuya2036 (2021)
- Tsunagare Radio ~ Bokura no Afuri Days (2021) as Jim
- Alice in Borderland (2020) as Nobuaki Hida
- Hyper Projection Play "Haikyuu!!" Fly High (2020) as Shōyō Hinata
- #HandballStrive (2020) as Okamoto
- Switch (2020) as Komazuki Nao [Young]
- The Making of Weathering with You (2020) as Self
- Weathering with You (2019) as Hodaka Morishima (voice)
- The Battle: Roar to Victory (2019) as Yukio
- SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3 (2019) as Ōhime
- Seventeen Motors (2019) as Ryota
- Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~ (2016)